Drawing, Aurora Borealis, Mt. Desert Island, from Bar Harbor, Maine, September 1860, Frederic Edwin Church, September 1860

The "northern lights" hang in a green blanket over a promontory of mount desert island, and are reflected in still water in the foreground. Night scene. Date: September 1860. Dimensions: 26.3 x 35.3 cm (10 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.). Medium: brush and oil paint on cardboard. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Aurora Borealis, Mt. Desert Island, from Bar Harbor, Maine, September 1860 (CH 18194151)